Posted on May 22, 2008 by Paul Groves
The Bible of midBritain has upset yet another much-maligned section of society.
The Daily Mail has been sticking the boot into emo, more particularly the popular goth combo My Chemical Romance, claiming it is nothing more than a suicide cult encouraging the nation’s misunderstood youth into a deathly spiral of despair.
But the emos have decided to strike [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2008 by Paul Groves
I’ve generated a fair bit of traffic and a few comments over the last week or so following my original post on the pictures of Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair.
I stand by my original belief that VF, the photographer and everyone involved from the other central characters and those on the periphery are guilty of [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Paul Groves
The star of Disney’s tween hit Hannah Montana has issued a public apology over photographs that appear alongside an interview she granted to Vanity Fair.
Miley Cyrus, the 15 year-old daughter of C&W singer Billy Ray Cyrus, is pictured in various poses as part of the magazine spread.
The photographs by Annie Leibovitz that have caused most consternation show [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by Paul Groves
Now here’s a sobering thought for all those newspaper editors currently trying to embrace technology and attract the next generation of readers.
A survey of reading habits of the 11-14 year-old age group shows the most popular magazine, book or blog is Heat.
Commissioned as part of the National Year of Reading, second most popular was Bliss [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by Paul Groves
Schools should set aside time each week to give pupils lessons on the responsible use of Facebook, other social networking sites and the internet in general.
That is the view of Madeleine Moon, the MP for Bridgend who was so quick to indulge in some bandwagon jumping when news first started to break about a number of [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2008 by Paul Groves
News of the 17th suspected suicide in South Wales has been quickly followed by a plea for the media to adopt a more measured approach to the story.
Both the Assistant Chief Constable of South Wales Police, Dave Morris, and the parents of one of the teenagers who took his own life believe the glare of the [...]
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